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You're kidding right?
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How many bags in that set? Someone wants to know http://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=172988&nID=836355 Cheers, Ole
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No, it's fairly cheap gear, like this : 20-100USD from various sources That's because only on in ten/twenty/or more requests like that ends in a sale, so some sellers won't bother to respond. It's understandable, I think Cheers, Ole
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There's always rumours going around the net, but many are just made up. I told you lot about the minifig AT-AT, the trains (with very specific details) and the Chima Mammoth long before pics and/or any other verified rumours we're available. And I was right, because I had seen them a long time ago Find the right source and you'll get the _right_ rumours Next UCS will be an Jah Jah Binks bust, you heard it here first!
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Jeebus, I wouldn't even use doors like that when I moc'ed back in the 80's. CRAP!
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They don't bulid for fun, they get paid for doing just that The reasons for those MOCs to be displayed are various, but don't put too much into it/them ...
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That's how it's done now, but this set is quite old. I'll see if I can get an answer
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No, that was the right move. It's way beyond how much you can mangle IP for fun Greenpeace vs Warner, who the funk do think will loose? This is a clear case of GP pissing on everything IP So, I'm gonna create the anti-enviromental group called Greenpiss .. How long do you think it takes before GP are on my track, telling me stop it? Blast it, there's _LOADS_ of better ways to save the world anyway Several MILLION people die every year from the lack of clean water .. Not like the polar bears give a flying funk anyway Edit : Forgot you can't say naughty words here, sorry
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Everybody is hypocritical, that's human nature to the bone Sure, we don't want the arctic to turn in hades of oil, but we sure don't want gas to rise either Nor do we want LEGO to get (even) more expensive I think the term is 'collateral damage'
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So, who's gonna make a little Brickfilm with one of the GP (air)heads boarding a jet fuled with Shell oil? It should just be short clip but loop it again and again, 'cause that what he did http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/10920198/Greenpeace-executive-flies-250-miles-to-work.html Cheers, Ole
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Complain to CS, I'm sure it'll put a smile on their face and you'll probably get a new (yes, not old) horse to boot I got that set, that is 6067, in 1986. I was _devasteted_ to see one of the newfangled arches was mismolded There's a mistake on the box (front pic), have you spotted it?
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Haha, right
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Get working CP5670! You got plenty of trans freeze
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Yeah, but I happen to make my own LEGO bricks on my 3D printer, so suck it Shell!
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But it's a boring build, done in half an hour. TLG could have made it 4x times as big (as scale has nothing to do with UCS) and it would have been much more fun A new goes for 270EUR. I guess those chopper/stamp people have to finish their collection
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Wrong. We're adults. These sets are not aimed at kids, but adults. Adults have money, some of us have serious money. So a 1K$ set is really not a lot of money. I have friends who are into vintage cars, planes, choppers, clothing, stamps whatever and they'd laugh of putting out one grand (or ten) for a single buy. That's what it needs to get whatever they fancy flying (sometimes literally) And that's exactly the people TLG are targeting
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Of course it is I see I bungled up that quote you made of mine, I meant ; "So no, UCS does actually not equate to 'rare & expensive' Sure, they cost a good deal more than your average set, but compared to a lot of other hobbies (mine are synths/musical gear and RC cars) it's pretty cheap. It's all relative But they have all been, or are, available at S@H/Bricklink, which a quick googling will tell you. That does not make them rare imho
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Consumers are to blame. We don't want oil @ 200US$/barrel, do we?
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A set is not rare if it's produced in the tens of thousands. Now a set like 4000001, _that_ is rare Expensive is all relative compared to your income anyway So no, UCS does actually not equate to 'rare & expensive'
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No, it's not an engineering issue. If it was, you'd see cracked cheese slopes in just about every set until TLG redesigns that part (and to my knowledge they haven't) If you search around the net you'll see that these specific problems, new parts cracking, is a rather new thing. I can find no reports from before 2006 which incidentally is also when TLG changed the way they use ABS It's easy to find reports about cracking pieces, like a 1x6 plate, that have been in production for decades, so no, it's not limited to modern parts It's true that there where fragile parts in 80's etc that was prone to breaking. But that indeed is an engineering problem and has been rectifed. Clips have been redesigned so many times that is a royal pain the behind if you have a BL shop I find very little variation in colour in parts from era and I have bought many thousands, including loads of MISB sets. No problems at all Yellowing again, is an entirely different issue So let's get back to the current quality problems. There are plenty of pictures and discussion in this exellent thread, including another new problem, warped bricks : http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30439&st=0 I've chosen NOT to deal with TLG's 'poison', So I only buy nice old parts. No cracking, warping, discolouration etc. Easy peasy Lastly, one part did crack a lot when I was a kid ; minifig arms, but that was because we changed hands/swaped boides and that was/is a nono
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One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist, allways been like that 'Bout that video, can GP actually use LEGO for the purpose? It's promoting GP also and I thought TLG didn't allow their products to be used like that, no?
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No, those go for +10KUSD But I have one you can buy for only 3KUSD (so I can get an UCS MF). Sure, it's me who drew it, but I'm calling it a Pablo Picasso Sketch
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Johnny Thunder have been rebooted Most of the themes mentioned are before the grey/brown switch and will look odd next to new versions I don't understand why people just don't buy those old sets of BL? There are plenty and MISB JT is not that expensive, I know as I've bought the nearly entire line + classic space/castle/technics and are working my way through town/train
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I'm quite sure Bayer can supply whatever TLG needs. It's a rather large company. But they don't want to pay for it, or they can get cheaper raw materials elsewhere, so yes it's about cost TLG have major problems with quality now. Some people seem to buy sets where every cheese/slope/bow is cracking and this is probably due to having many different suppliers I never saw this problem with older sets/parts when I was a child I've since sold pretty much all my modern/post Bayer LEGO and only buy old sets/parts, again no problems
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Probably requested by model(park) builders. Loads of parts comes in off colours
